Kendrick Lamar's Record-Breaking 2025: Super Bowl, Billboard Wins, and Global Tour Dominance

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Kendrick Lamar has been absolutely dominating the entertainment landscape over the past several days. Most significantly, he just headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show back in February, which became the most watched halftime show in history, surpassing Michael Jackson's legendary 1993 performance. He performed alongside SZA, cementing what has been an incredibly successful collaborative year.

The accolades keep rolling in for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Compton rapper. He was named Billboard's Top Hot 100 Songwriter and R&B Hip-Hop Artist of the year for 2025, a massive achievement that reflects his complete dominance across the music industry this year. At the BET Awards in June, Kendrick took home multiple wins including Album of the Year for his project GNX, Video of the Year for "Not Like Us," Best Collaboration alongside SZA for "Luther," and Best Male Hip Hop Artist. He also won Video Director of the Year alongside Dave Free.

His Grand National Tour with SZA continues to break records. A concert in Seattle in May became the highest-grossing hip-hop concert ever, pulling in fourteen point eight million dollars in revenue. The tour is still actively going, with performances scheduled throughout Australia this month. He performed at Spilt Milk Perth on December seventh and is scheduled for multiple shows at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, including performances on December tenth and eleventh.

On the creative front, there's an interesting development regarding unreleased material. Kendrick and Dr. Dre shot a music video for a track called "The Recipe," but according to reports they had no intention of releasing it. The video apparently had some issues, as sources indicate it was missing certain ingredients.

His influence extends beyond his own releases as well. Kendrick's previous diss track "Not Like Us" continues to resonate in hip-hop culture, with fans recently resurfacing his lyrics about Drake amid Drake's falling out with fellow Toronto rapper Top5.

StubHub's recent Year in Live Experiences report ranked Kendrick among the elite global artists driving concert demand in 2025, alongside Coldplay, Oasis, Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, and Morgan Wallen. He's been instrumental in reshaping how fans engage with live entertainment on a massive economic scale.

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